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    CARD8 inflammasome activation during HIV-1 cell-to-cell transmission

    Jessie Kulsuptrakul, Michael Emerman, Patrick S Mitchell
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    Host-derived Lactobacillus plantarum alleviates hyperuricemia by improving gut microbial community and hydrolase-mediated degradation of purine nucleosides

    Yang Fu, Xiao-Dan Luo ... Wence Wang
    Lactobacillus plantarum regulates host uric acid metabolism via its own nucleoside hydrolase iunH.
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    Staphylococcus aureus counters organic acid anion-mediated inhibition of peptidoglycan cross-linking through robust alanine racemase activity

    Sasmita Panda, Yahani P Jayasinghe ... Vinai C Thomas
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    Cell-autonomous targeting of arabinogalactan by host immune factors inhibits mycobacterial growth

    Lianhua Qin, Junfang Xu ... Haipeng Liu
    Galectin-9 directly binds to arabinogalactan (AG), leading to the identification of AG-specific monoclonal antibodies that effectively inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth, providing insights for novel tuberculosis therapies.
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    Reassessing the substrate specificities of the major Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan hydrolases lysostaphin and LytM

    Lina Antenucci, Salla Virtanen ... Perttu Permi
    Robust NMR approach allowed simultaneous detection of substrate cleavage site and real-time kinetics of hydrolysis for Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan hydrolases lysostaphin and LytM, and revealed D-alanyl-glycine activity for LytM.
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    RNase III in Salmonella Enteritidis enhances bacterial virulence by reducing host immune responses

    Bill Kwan-wai Chan, Yingxue Li ... Sheng Chen
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    Whole blood transcriptional profiles and the pathogenesis of tuberculous meningitis

    Hoang Thanh Hai, Le Thanh Hoang Nhat ... Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong
    An unbiased transcriptomic analysis enhances understanding of inflammatory pathways and genes linked to TBM pathogenesis and mortality, identifying potential markers for poor prognosis or therapeutic targets.
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    PRR adjuvants restrain high stability peptides presentation on APCs

    Bin Li, Jin Zhang ... Chao Wu
    Adjuvants, MPLA and CpG especially, modulate the peptide repertoires presented on the surface of APCs, preferring the presentation of low-affinity exogenous peptides rather than high-affinity peptides.
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    A suite of selective pressures supports the maintenance of alleles of a Drosophila immune peptide

    Sarah R Mullinax, Andrea M Darby ... Robert L Unckless
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    Longitudinal transcriptional changes reveal genes from the natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity pathway as critical players underlying COVID-19 progression

    Matias A Medina, Francisco Fuentes-Villalobos ... Maria Ines Barria
    Longitudinal transcriptomic analysis of unvaccinated patients reveals that early NK cell cytotoxicity activation distinguishes mild from severe COVID-19, supporting the relevance of concerted innate–adaptive immune responses against the virus.